Mary Barnum

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Barnum was born in October 1747, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Col. Joseph Barnum, was 14 and her mother, Keziah Mabel Hodges, was 18. She married Eleazer Benedict on 1 February 1770, in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 24 October 1774, in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 27.

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Family Time Line

Eleazer Benedict
1747–1821
Mary Barnum
1747–1774
Marriage: 1 February 1770
Hannah Benedict
1772–1856

Sources (7)

  • Eleazer Benedict and family in Danbury, Connecticut, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1711-1841
  • Mary Benedict, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Barnum - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: October 1747; Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Name Meaning

Altered form of English Barnham: habitational name from any of the places called Barnham in Suffolk and West Sussex, or Barnham Broom in Norfolk, all of which were named with the male personal name Beorn or Beorna + Old English hām ‘homestead’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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